FastTracker and keyboard shortcuts

My request in that thread is still outstanding. Though I've also just come across Skale... wow.

When I was last following the tracker scene a couple years ago, Skale was just starting development. Good to see that it's finally matured. I'll have to check it out - I don't like ModPlug Tracker's interface even though I never really used any of the DOS trackers.

Skale is nice aswell, but the oldskool-mod-effects aren't implemented yet, and sample-editing is still quite alpha
(at least last time i used it).

Really strange, I just wanna copy and paste blocks but DOSBox doesnt't let me 😒
Targaff you seem to have a similar problem. I also wondered if perhaps the problem might be my keyboard, which has a toggle for the F-keys (microsoft multimedia), but I don't get similar issues with other softwares.

The mapper is great - if it worked. 😊

I don't like modplug aswell HunterZ, its too unstructured, the interface is not exactly intuitive to me.

My favorite is still protracker 😀

Mango wrote:

My favorite is still protracker 😀

I agree with that 😀 I made a ton of tracker music in the 90s, but when I left the Amiga and went to the PC in 1999 I became a lot less creative with trackers. Shame really, and there's never been a tracker on the PC I really liked.

But now, thanks to this thread I know of Skale which I didn't before. Googled it and it looks very nice, so thanks for that 😀 I will most likely play around with it this weekend.

Mango wrote:

Targaff you seem to have a similar problem. I also wondered if perhaps the problem might be my keyboard, which has a toggle for the F-keys (microsoft multimedia), but I don't get similar issues with other softwares.

I don't think the multimedia stuff is an issue; I have a bog-standard 102 keyboard and have the same problems. It simply comes down to the fact that a lot of FT2's keyboard shortcuts happen to unfortunately coincide with some of the important keys for dosbox functionality, so it becomes necessary to come up with some layout that works for both without them interfering with each other. I'm sure it's not as difficult as all that, it just hasn't happened yet.

as for Skale, I'd never heard of it until I stumbled across it the other day, and when I loaded it up I was gobsmacked - it was simultaneously usable and gorgeous (I always struggled with the IT/ST3 layouts). I reckon the interface skin could be made a bit smaller, though, and the splash screen should just go, period. I'll be giving it a go over the next few weeks, in any case - and wish it all the best 😀

If the re-assigning of the screenshot-function would work I'd be happy. I can use all other keys (also copy + paste pattern after turning off all the actions involving f4 or f5 in the mapper), seems to just be an issue with the alt-key.
If at least one could change fasttracker2 shortcuts.

About the splashscreen, there was a skinning-tool (download disabled atm, unfortunatly) which allowed you to change to a more sublte splashscreen (a picture with a note).

re-assigning should work. there is no reason why it wouldn't work.

Heureka!

It wasn't a Dosbox-specific issue, I just assumed that because it only occured when I use fasttracker2 dosbox.
I reality its been a setting from my ati graphic-cards-driver. 😅

I found the solution here:www.ghisler.ch/wikide/index.php/Alt-F5_ ... cht_(mehr) (in german).

Modifying the regedit finally unbound the creepy key-combination. 😀

@Targaff:

just exchange the text in ...\DOSBox-0.63\mapper.txt with this:

1hand_shutdown "key 290 mod1" 
2hand_capmouse "key 291 mod1" 
3hand_fullscr "key 13 mod2" 
4hand_pause "key 19" 
5hand_mapper "key 282 mod1" 
6hand_scrshot 
7hand_decfskip "key 288 mod1" 
8hand_incfskip "key 289 mod1" 
9hand_cycledown "key 292 mod1" 
10hand_cycleup "key 293 mod1" 
11hand_recwave "key 287 mod1" 
12hand_caprawmidi "key 289 mod1 mod2" 
13hand_caprawopl "key 288 mod1 mod2" 
14hand_swapimg "key 285" 
15key_esc "key 27" 
16key_f1 "key 282" 
17key_f2 "key 283" 
18key_f3 "key 284" 
19key_f4 "key 285" 
20key_f5 "key 286" 
21key_f6 "key 287" 
22key_f7 "key 288" 
23key_f8 "key 289" 
24key_f9 "key 290" 
25key_f10 "key 291" 
26key_f11 "key 292" 
27key_f12 "key 293" 
28key_grave "key 96" 
29key_1 "key 49" 
30key_2 "key 50" 
31key_3 "key 51" 
32key_4 "key 52" 
33key_5 "key 53" 
34key_6 "key 54" 
35key_7 "key 55" 
36key_8 "key 56" 
37key_9 "key 57" 
38key_0 "key 48" 
39key_minus "key 45" 
40key_equals "key 61" 
41key_bspace "key 8" 
42key_tab "key 9" 
43key_q "key 113" 
44key_w "key 119" 
45key_e "key 101" 
46key_r "key 114" 
47key_t "key 116" 
48key_y "key 121" 
49key_u "key 117" 
50key_i "key 105" 
51key_o "key 111" 
52key_p "key 112" 
53key_lbracket "key 91" 
54key_rbracket "key 93" 
55key_enter "key 13" 
56key_capslock "key 301" 
57key_a "key 97" 
58key_s "key 115" 
59key_d "key 100" 
60key_f "key 102" 

61key_g "key 103" 
62key_h "key 104" 
63key_j "key 106" 
64key_k "key 107" 
65key_l "key 108" 
66key_semicolon "key 59" 
67key_quote "key 39" 
68key_backslash "key 92" 
69key_lshift "key 304" 
70key_z "key 122" 
71key_x "key 120" 
72key_c "key 99" 
73key_v "key 118" 
74key_b "key 98" 
75key_n "key 110" 
76key_m "key 109" 
77key_comma "key 44" 
78key_period "key 46" 
79key_slash "key 47" 
80key_rshift "key 303" 
81key_lctrl "key 306" 
82key_lalt "key 308" 
83key_space "key 32" 
84key_ralt "key 307" 
85key_rctrl "key 305" 
86key_printscreen "key 316" 
87key_scrolllock "key 302" 
88key_pause "key 19" 
89key_insert "key 277" 
90key_home "key 278" 
91key_pageup "key 280" 
92key_delete "key 127" 
93key_end "key 279" 
94key_pagedown "key 281" 
95key_up "key 273" 
96key_left "key 276" 
97key_down "key 274" 
98key_right "key 275" 
99key_numlock "key 300" 
100key_kp_divide "key 267" 
101key_kp_multiply "key 268" 
102key_kp_minus "key 269" 
103key_kp_7 "key 263" 
104key_kp_8 "key 264" 
105key_kp_9 "key 265" 
106key_kp_plus "key 270" 
107key_kp_4 "key 260" 
108key_kp_5 "key 261" 
109key_kp_6 "key 262" 
110key_kp_1 "key 257" 
111key_kp_2 "key 258" 
112key_kp_3 "key 259" 
113key_kp_enter "key 271" 
114key_kp_0 "key 256" 
115key_kp_period "key 266" 
116mod_1 "key 305" "key 306" 
117mod_2 "key 307" "key 308" 
118mod_3